Proverbs 10:1
_Mother. A virtuous child cannot be indifferent to the joy of his parents._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mother. A virtuous child cannot be indifferent to the joy of his parents._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wickedness. Riches ill acquired, or tending to corrupt the heart, Luke xvi. 9._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Famine. Psalm xxxvi. 25. The prophets and Lazarus rejoice in suffering. [Luke xvi. 20.]_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Poverty. Even of those who had plenty. This is true in a spiritual sense likewise. (Calmet) --- The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. (Haydock) --- Otiositas mater nugarum, noverca virtutum. (St. Bernard, consid. ii.) --- He, &c. This is not in Hebrew, Greek, St. Jerome, or in several Latin cop... [ Continue Reading ]
_He. Septuagint, "a son well educated shall be wise, and shall have the unwise for his servant. An intelligent son has been saved from the heat. But the wicked son is destroyed by the wind in time of harvest." (Haydock) --- A good part of this is not in the original; yet it is received by the Greeks... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wicked. Or, as the Hebrew seems to indicate, "the wicked covereth iniquity, by an hypocritical exterior," (Calmet) or, "the injury" (Mont.[Montanus?]) done to another, ( chamas.; Haydock) "unseasonable, or infinite mourning," Greek: penthos auron. (Septuagint)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rot. Hebrew, "stink." His reputation shall be lost, Genesis xxxiv. 20. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lips. He will not bear correction. (Menochius) --- But suffers the punishment of his own unguarded speeches; or rather the man who hath foolish lips, shall be beaten, ver. 13. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sincerely. Or Simply, Hebrew, "in uprightness," (Haydock) or innocence. (Menochius) --- Manifest. The hypocrite shall be at last detected._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sorrow. Septuagint add, "to men as well as to himself." (Calmet) --- "But he who chides boldly shall make peace," (Haydock) or "work safety," as the Syriac and Arabic also read, instead of Hebrew, "a prating fool shall fall." "When a man connives at his friend's failings,...the offender is encourag... [ Continue Reading ]
_Life. Or a never-failing spring, fons perennis, as we should speak in Latin, chap. xiii. 14., and Apocalypse vii. 17._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sins. Septuagint, "all who contend." Charity pardons all, 1 Peter iv. 8._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sense. Literally, "a heart." But the Hebrews use this expression in a different sense from what we do, and thus designate a fool, Osee vii. 11._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Confusion. He speaks inconsiderately, and involves himself in continual dangers, while the wise are cautious in their speech._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Poverty. Diffidence hinders the advancement of the poor, as presumption is too common among the rich. A happy mediocrity is best, ver. 16._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Life. In abundance he is not puffed up; but the wicked make use of their fruit or revenue to do evil. Their works are bad, unless they turn to God by at least an initial love of justice._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER X. Title. _Solomon. This title is not found in Sixtus V or Septuagint. Hitherto the preface extends, shewing the advantages of wisdom. (Calmet) --- The subsequent Chapter s more properly contain the parables, and are written with great elegance, so as to oppose vice to virtue. See Bain.; St... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sin. A prolix discourse on subjects of importance is not reprehended. (St. Augustine, Retrac. 1.) --- But it is very difficult to speak much, without going against some virtue. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Understanding. Literally, "hear." (Haydock) (Ver. 13.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Man. He is enabled to see the evil of sin, and to avoid it, Job xv. 16._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Him. He spoils all their projects, (Calmet) and becomes a nuisance._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Evil. conscience upbraids them, and punishment is before their eyes. (Haydock) Magna vis est conscientiæ. (Cicero, pro Mil.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Earth. This the Jews frequently experienced. The more enlightened understood, that such promises regarded also eternity. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]